NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Dec. 19 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame has received a $640,108 grant from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. This funding, provided through the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF), is part of a total award of $1,001,812, with 63.895 percent financed by federal sources and 36.105 percent by nongovernmental sources. The grant will support the more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute issued the following 2024 Year in Review: * * * 2024 marked yet another year of growth and impact for the ARM Institute! Check out just a few, quick highlights from 2024 in the article below. Thank you to our 400+ member organization consortium, internal team of experts, government advisors and stakeholders, Board of Directors, and partners for enabling our impact and collaborating with us to more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: CHIPS Investment Establishes a Research Hub in Indiana and Brings Next Generation HBM and Advanced Packaging R&D to the U.S. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded SK hynix up to $458 million in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program's Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities. The award comes after the previously signed pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the Generate Recordings of All Child protective Interviews Everywhere (GRACIE) Act, which would incentivize states to require the recording of all Child Protective Services (CPS) interviews with children and adults. Modernizing CPS interview protocols would increase the likelihood that child trafficking victims will be identified and  more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The British National Audit Office issued the following news release: * * * * pound sterling474 million lent to 120 borrowers from the sports and culture sectors during the pandemic - first time DCMS has managed a significant loan book. * 45% of solvent borrowers made at least one repayment by October 2024 - all solvent borrowers should make a first repayment by September 2025. * DCMS has recovered 97% of repayments scheduled to date - but does not expect  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 19 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Hector D. Abruna, the Emile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. government. The award will be shared with two other scientists, Paul Alivisatos and John Hopkins Nuckolls. Abruna is being recognized "for revolut more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $252,285 as an Institutional National Research Service Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The funding will support Basic and Translational Research Training in Pediatric Classical Hematology. Congressman Steve Cohen made the following statement: "I am always pleased to se more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today celebrated the passage of their bipartisan bill designating U.S. Highway 20 between Newport, Oregon, and New England as the "National Medal of Honor Highway." "Idaho's veterans enrich our communities through service past and present. Medal of Honor recipients have acted well beyond the call of duty, and many continue to do so long after they leave mil more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Second Lt. Madison Marsh made history as the first active-duty servicemember to win the Miss America crown and title, and she spent 2024 traveling the country, meeting women and answering questions on how the Air Force empowers femininity. The nation responded. In Colorado, a cadet told Marsh she was on the fence about accepting her nomination to the more PR

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Second Lt. Madison Marsh made history as the first active-duty servicemember to win the Miss America crown and title, and she spent 2024 traveling the country, meeting women and answering questions on how the Air Force empowers femininity. The nation responded. In Colorado, a cadet told Marsh she was on the fence about accepting her nomination to the United States Air Force Academy  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 19 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: After more than 12 years of service to Vanderbilt, Eric C. Kopstain has announced his plans to step down as vice chancellor at the end of December. Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain (Vanderbilt University) Formerly Vanderbilt's associate vice chancellor for finance, Kopstain was named vice chancellor for administration in 2014 after a nationwide search. A distinguished leader with more than three  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 19 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Researchers at the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, a clinical stage biotech within the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, have detailed the successful drug discovery of a Phase I Single Ascending Dose clinical trial of VU319, a drug for memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. "This milestone highlights Vanderbilt's ability to drive discovery from rese more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 18 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Music serves a different purpose for everyone. Some use it to convey a message, others to elicit emotion and some just to feel good, but no matter how they use it, they can all agree it brings people together. In Oklahoma, KOSU plays a pivotal role in community camaraderie. As director of audience and content development for KOSU, Ryan LaCroix, aka the Oklahoma Music Man, manages music events and supports  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD The U.S. Navy announced today that it has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation a $3,459,276,000 contract to conduct the mission-systems integration for the E-130J, which will be the successor to the E-6B Mercury for the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Melbourne, Florida, will serve as the prime contractor to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) was selected as one of the best organizations for Latinas to work in the United States by LATINA Style, Inc. NEXCOM has received this award for 13 consecutive years. NEXCOM ranked number 43 on the 2024 LATINA Style, Inc., report, up one from the previous year. "Receiving this award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the entire NEXCOM Enterprise to ensure that we con more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Approximately 200 students from 15 partner nations and the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force graduated from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy in a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Dec. 4. Students earned certificates from 20 courses in Professional Military Education and leadership, aircrew training and technical courses.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced her bipartisan Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act passed the House and Senate as part of a larger legislative package to support veterans. Baldwin's legislation expands support for County Veterans Service Officers (CVSO), the community-based employees who work directly with veterans to inform them of eligibility for VA programs and services, f more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 18 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association honored seven deserving alumni with 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards at a ceremony on Aug. 30 in the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center. The award recognizes members of the Cowboy family who have distinguished themselves through their particular field or profession and the betterment of their community. Brian Callahan Brian Callahan Callahan graduated from  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 19 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A new peer-reviewed study shows that a back-relieving exosuit originally developed at Vanderbilt University and then commercialized by spin-off company HeroWear can simultaneously increase lifting endurance and reduce injury risk. This has important implications for the future of workplace safety and for workers in civilian and defense sectors. The results of the study, conducted with U.S. Army Soldiers, were rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released an additional $250 million to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) as part of its Amended Full Funding Grant Agreement signed in February. The funding follows February's initial release of $125 million and was delivered after HART completed the contract award for the City Center Gui more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: Schumer Successfully Got The ONSHORE Act, Which He Pushed For Standing At Industrial Sites Across Upstate NY, Added To EDA Reauthorization, Which Is Now Headed To The President's Desk The ONSHORE Act Creates New Fed Grant Program For Bringing Back Critical Supply Chains, Like Semiconductors And Clean Technology, By Improving Infrastructure And Workforce Training To Prepare M more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), also a member of the EPW Committee, today celebrated inclusion of two pieces of bipartisan legislation focused on improving our natio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, is applauding his Senate colleagues unanimously passing his legislation to authorize additional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters (KWW) National Monument. Following meetings with local stakeholders, the refined text of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Access Act authorizes additional access to KWW by giv more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after the Senate passed by a vote of 97-1 the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, biennial legislation that authorizes water infrastructure projects across the country. The bill recently passed the House of Representatives and is now headed to the President's desk. "Protecting and enhancing New Hampsh more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue's historic partnership with SK hynix received the definitive award from the CHIPS and Science Act to fund SK hynix's semiconductor advanced packaging plant for artificial intelligence products and an R&D center in West Lafayette. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced up to $458 million in direct funding today (Dec. 19) to bolster the SK hynix investment. The award comes from the CHIPS  more PR

GENESEO, New York, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: Rachel Britton '18, a writer/editor/translator, has published her first book of poems in translation from Icelandic, A Woman Looks Over Her Shoulder, by Brynja Hjalmsdottir (Circumference Books, 2024). An excerpt of the translation also received the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Leif and Inger Sjoberg Prize in 2023. "As a translator and technical writer, I am first and forem more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at the U of A College of Nursing and the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center will study ways to make a school inhaler program sustainable and scalable. * * * A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led program that provides schools with asthma inhalers to help students experiencing respiratory distress will be expanded and improved thanks to a $3.4 milli more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: AAR CORP. (AAR), a publicly-traded aviation services company headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, will pay over $55 million to resolve investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising from AAR's participation in corrupt schemes to pay bribes to government officials in Nepal more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 20 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Brianna Hoge Rachel Smith, Ph.D., received a 2024 NARSAD Young Investigator grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation that could create new insights into what takes place inside the brains of clinically depressed patients. Smith, an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Engineering, is collaborating with researchers from UAB's Departments of Psychiatry, Neur more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The eighth annual Own It! Celebration for women who make a difference in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the University of Wyoming is transitioning from a traditional awards ceremony to a networking event. The Own It! Celebration, formerly known as the Own It! Awards, is scheduled Thursday, Feb. 20, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Engineering and Education Research Building atrium/lo more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 19 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is airing a Winter Solstice special this Sunday in celebration of the holidays. FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor provide an enjoyable cultural lesson on FFRF's "Freethought Matters" TV show about how Christians stole Christmas. And they explain the pagan origins of the seasonal celebrations. You get a tour of vario more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) today issued the following statement regarding an announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce that SK hynix will receive up to $458 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to build a high-bandwidth-memory advanced packaging fabrication and research and development facility in West Lafayette. "Bringing semiconductor manufacturing back to the United States is a more PR